Published 15:11 IST, November 27th 2020
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade takes flight in times of the virus
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, which is one of the oldest parades in New York City, took flight amid the coronavirus times. Read how it was different here.
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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Pare, which is one of oldest pares in New York City, took flight amid coronavirus times. pare came as a respite to New Yorkers, who saw almost all of ir or pares canceled due to coronavirus restrictions. Macy’s Thanksgiving Pare’s 97th edition was conducted and performed while keeping restrictions that must be kept in mind to prevent spre of coronavirus in mind. Several measures were taken to ensure safety of public in se times.
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How was 2020 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Pare different from that of previous years?
Every year, organizers would witness a large garing of people in an around pare and on top of buildings who would see ir beloved characters fly by m. Year 2020 me producers and organizers, like billions of people around globe, do things a little differently. Inste of treing down ir tritional route, Macy’s started Thanksgiving Pare from entrance of ir flagship New York store. pare progressed at ir usual, acceptable pace, with every single participant wearing masks that matched ir outfits and maintaining at least two meters of distance from each or.
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What happened at pare in Thanksgiving 2020:
Every year, viewers of pare witness many giant balloons in air that are bolted to ground with help of people who are hanging on tight to rope. This year, those people were replaced by cars. Much like every year, re were performances by dancers who usually accompany pare, albeit y were relatively few in numbers.
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viewers also saw cast of Hamilton, a Broway show that is a recent cultural phemen in states, perform. Legendary singer-songwriter Dolly Parton also performed for pare remotely from Nashville. entire event was televised so that this year, everybody can enjoy pare from comfort of ir homes. With most of pares being cancelled this year, one can assume that Macy’s Improvised version of eminent pare for Thanksgiving 2020 must have proven to be a welcome surprise.
Here are a few short videos that show what pare was like:
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15:11 IST, November 27th 2020